Preparation and Properties of Zinc Bismuth Barium Boro Tellurite Glasses Doped with Neodimium Oxide

Abstract

The zinc bismuth barium boro tellurite glasses doped with neodymium oxide which varies neodymium oxide concentration are 0.00, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20 and 0.25 mol% of the composition 30TeO2: (38 – x) B2O3: 10ZnO: 2Bi2O3: 20BaO: xNd2O3 have been synthesized by conventional melt quenching technique. This research study on physical and optical properties of zinc bismuth barium borotellurite glasses doped with neodymium oxide. The results shown that the physical characteristics of the glass samples are transparent and have good optical characteristics, the glasses are yellow due to the influence of bismuth oxide ions. The density increased whereas the molar volume decreased with increasing of Nd2O3 concentrations. The optical properties results shown that the optical absorption spectra of glasses were measured in the wavelength range of 500 - 1000 nm. The intensity of all absorption band increased with increasing Nd2O3 concentration.